'Why does Gyanesh Kumar have lifelong immunity?' Rahul Gandhi asks, then answers
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has questioned the legal immunity granted to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging it facilitates election manipulation by the Prime Minister. The INDIA bloc is coordinating a joint agitation to challenge the Election Commission's recent electoral roll revisions.
Why it matters
Direct accusations against the neutrality of the Election Commission by high-profile opposition leaders threaten public trust in democratic institutions.
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the legal immunity granted to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi uses him to “steal elections”.In a post on X, Gandhi wrote, “Q. Why is CEC Gyanesh Kumar the only Indian with lifelong blanket legal immunity? A. Because PM Modi uses him to steal elections.”This comes as top leaders of the INDIA bloc met in New Delhi on Wednesday to finalise an action plan for a joint agitation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with the Congress asserting that the opposition stands united to protect the Constitution from "repeated assaults" by the Modi government, including its alleged "vote chori gameplan" to remain in power.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretaries Jairam Ramesh and K C Venugopal, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee,…
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